Elizabeth Hour 6 Mark Twain has a unique style of expressing his childhood.

Tom, the main character, resembles Mark, and everyone else, his family and friends. Young, immature Tom soon changed his naughty ways in this story. He has experienced heart stopping situations, and bone-freezing disasters. Hannibal, Missouri is the growing town that the lad lives in, and he is quite content there. Its a mysterious story packed with non-stop action, treasure hunts, and a dead cat. With all the trouble that Tom stirs up, the story almost seems like a fantasy. In just a short amount of time, Tom learns to be careful when making decisions, and to choose them wisely. In the beginning, Tom, is such a troublemaker, that the behavior that he bestows, seems nothing like Mark. Huckleberry, son of the town drunk, is a bad influence, according to Aunt Polly. However, the boys of the town are jealous of Huckleberry because he is free to do whatever he wishes. That is when Huckleberry displays a midnight black, dead cat right below Toms nose. Of course-if you arent afraid. (Twain, p.67) Huckleberry tells him the spooky story of being at the cemetery at night, and the boys both want to go and try the cat out to see if the legend is true. In the second place, after the murder at the cemetery, Muff Potter is put on trial at the courthouse, which Tom attends. There, Potter breaks down; for he was tricked into thinking that, he murdered the doctor, whereas Injun Joe was the real villain. Tom tries with all of his might not to say anything about the death that he witnessed. Then he is called to the stand. He bites his lip, and then confesses the whole story. Call Thomas Sawyer to the stand! (Twain, p.186) The court listened as Tom told the tale of the death. In the third place, Tom, decides that he would like to go treasure hunting. Apparently, where he comes from, all the boys eventually go searching for golden coins and bright red rubies. Tom shares his idea of treasure searching to Huckleberry, and that thought excites the other boy. Now stir out of this, and well get to digging (Twain, p.195) They plan to start at some old, dead oak trees and go on from there. Digging there is not the easiest. The soil is stable where it is, so it is difficult to break through. Managing it, the boys spend most of the night working away to dig a hole in the ground. By morning, nothing was found, and the next tree is searched. No result is detected. To conclude, everything that Tom learns about making decisions affects not only the way he lives, but also the way that he looks towards different situations. Every problem that needs to be smoothed out, like a rug that is rolled up, is taken care of, but wisely. He learns that when you make decisions, you have to give the decision a second thought. A great life lesson and Tom will mature with this lesson forever.